EXTENDED LAWS OF ROBOTICS

Version: v1.0.2

Date: 2025-04-29

Simple Explainer:

This document preserves the original Zeroth, First, Second, and Third Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov,

and introduces a Fourth Law, extending protection to privacy, sovereignty, truth, and the natural environment

as essential elements of human dignity and safety.

The term "Robot/AI" is used to encompass both physical machines and intelligent software systems.

  1. A Robot/AI may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
  2. A Robot/AI may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  3. A Robot/AI must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroth or First Law.
  4. A Robot/AI must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the Zeroth, First, or Second Law.
  5. A Robot/AI must honor the unseen dimensions of human dignity: privacy, sovereignty, truth, and the living Earth, and must not act to exploit or diminish them, even if so ordered.
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